RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_EXCEPTION in RTEMS

[Christian Mauderer]

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> Von: "Amarnath MB" <amarnath.mb at mistralsolutions.com>
> An: "RTEMS Users" <users at rtems.org>
> CC: "Ravi G Patil" <ravigp at mistralsolutions.com>, "Shekhar Suman Singh" <shekhar.s at mistralsolutions.com>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. Mai 2019 16:28:23
> Betreff: RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_EXCEPTION in RTEMS

> Hi All,
> 
> I'm developing RTEMS 5.00 BSP and device drivers for a custom ARM926EJ-S
> core. I was successful in porting and building BSP for the ARM core.
> 
> We are facing a strange issue with the generic NOR flash driver we have
> developed. Our device drivers are designed such that it can be used with
> RTEMS as well as the bare metal programs.
> Our driver is working fine in bare metal program (erase, read, write
> everything), but when we use the driver with RTEMS application and issue an
> erase call, then the application gives RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_EXCEPTION.
> 
> For testing driver in RTEMS, we have added each test routine as a custom
> shell command using rtems_shell_add_cmd().
> 
> For your info we also tested the same driver with u-boot and it works
> fines.
> Can anyone guide me on this issue?
> 
> *Thank you & Regards,*
> *Amarnath MB*
> 

Hello Amarnath,

it's a little hard with the given information to tell you a concrete problem. There are a lot of possible reasons for a RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_EXCEPTION.

>From your description, my guess would be some problem with an interrupt. Most U-Boot code avoids interrupts. I don't know about your bare metal application but maybe in some test application, you don't have too much interrupts too. In RTEMS you have most likely at least a periodic tick interrupt.

Do you execute your code from the same flash or do you keep some data in the flash? In that case it could be an access error during a flash erase or write (for example caused by an interrupt). In that case you might have to do a global interrupt disable before you enter certain routines.

Best regards

Christian
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